Final Exam Review

What amendment abolished slavery?

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 16th

The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

• Gave African Americans citizenship
• Gave African Americans the right to vote
• Freed the slaves
• Gave landowners the right to sharecrop

The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

• Gave African Americans the right to own businesses
• Freed the Slaves
• Gave African Americans the right to vote
• Forced African Americans back into slavery

What problem did many farmers have under the sharecropping system?        

• They were forced to grow cash crops instead of food.
•  They often were trapped in a cycle or circle of debt.
•  Many sharecroppers were forced to buy goods on credit. 
•    All choices are true.

These were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working.  Once arrested they would be forced to work for white landowners. 

• Freedman's Bureau
• Reconstruction
• Black Codes
• Jim Crow Laws

The organization put in place after the Civil War to provide food, clothing, health care and education in the South was known as:

• The Civil Rights Committee
• The Freedmen's Bureau
• The Welfare Committee
• The Salvation Army

Strict punishment of Confederate veterans and financial assistance to African Americans were policies pushed by which of the following groups during the Reconstruction Era?

• Radical Democrats

• Moderate Republicans

• Radical Republicans

• Moderate Democrats

Which amendment guaranteed that states could not limit the rights of citizens and could not take away life, liberty, or property without due process?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th

What were the Confederate states required to do before they could rejoin the United States?

• Ratify (approve) the 14th Amendment
• Give up all their railroads
• Pay the North

Jim Crow Laws passed after Reconstruction took away African American Voting Rights using...

• Voter Registration Laws
• Political Gerrymandering
• Voter Identification Laws
• Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests